the naming of things

so way back in sec 3, when von and yidong and i were working on five people sitting round a table arguing, we had this lengthy discussion on what the play should be called. five people... was the working title or something like that, and i my argument was that you can't call a play five people sitting around a table arguing because it's just not done. von, of course, was all "why ever not, that's what the play's about isn't it?", and "look at shakespeare, most of his plays have titles that tell you exactly what they're about" (facile, yes, but we were young). and so the play was named five people sitting around a table arguing and it won a bunch of stuff -- but that's not the point of the story. The point is: tell me that this isn't funny -

Simply Budget Terminal, Today 10/1/2006

Singapore's first budget terminal has been named - what else? - the Budget Terminal

Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong presented the winner of the "Low Cost Terminal Naming Competition" - 15-year-old Jonathan Sng of St Andrew's Secondary School - with a Starhub-sponsored cash prize of $2,000 and a 3G mobile phone, during a site inspection of the completed airport yesterday.

While 44 of the 12,000 or so entries had suggested "Budget Terminal", it was Jonathan's justification for the name - "short, easy to remember, and representative of what the terminal is" - that clinched him the award, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).

Other suggestions submitted during the three-month contest period included "Funport", "Seabreeze Terminal", "Oasis Terminal" and "Orchid Air Terminal".

Naming the no-frills airport was a no-brainer for Jonathan, who told Today he thought of it over a few minutes in recess.

Currently reading:
A Fire Upon The Deep - Vernor Vinge

(1/17/06) edited to fix the title because I'm an idiot